Waaberi New Dawn (Virgin) A Somali symphony of tea cups, water bottles, oud and voice. 9 (RB)

Mog Stunt Team King of the Retards (Sonic Unyon) Punk rawk at its most moronic. 9 (JC)

Ciao Bella 1 (W.A.R.?) Bargain-basement Brian Wilsons--and I mean that as a compliment. 8 (RB)

Queen Queen Rocks (Hollywood) I'm in love with my car... er... this CD. 7 (CY)

The Sub Jazz Proxy w/ Gerald Wiggins Autumn Somewhere (Resist) Excellent ambient jazz for the insomniac masses. 7 (JC)

Will Smith Big Willie Style (Columbia) I wish these rappers would just stick to TV. 6 (SC)

Various Rock Live From Mountain Stage (Blue Plate Music) The Wilco and Southern Culture On The Skids makes sitting through Rusted Root and Jackopierce almost worthwhile... almost! 6 (JC)

Copyright Love Story (BMG) Ex-Slow rockers conjure up some mystery in a post-grunge encore. 5 (LE)

Bush Deconstructed (Trauma) Scrunge all remixed up. The death of electronica or the Ethel Mermen disco album? 4 (CY)

Master P Ghetto D (Virgin) The "D" is for dope, but my advice is just say NO. 4 (SC)

Mike Oldfield The Essential Mike Oldfield (WEA) Kind of reviews itself, doesn't it? 0 (CY)

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